1Ndine nhamo ini! nekuti ndava sapanguva kana michero yakapera kukohwiwa, kana zvakasara zvamazambiringa zvaunganidzwa; hakuchine sumbu rimwe ringadyiwa, mweya wangu unopanga muchero womuonde waibva.
1Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.
2Vanhu vanoda Mwari vakaparara panyika, hakuchina vakarurama pakati pavanhu; vose vakavandira kuteura ropa, mumwe nomumwe anovhima hama yake nomumbure.
2The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
3Maoko avo anongotsvaka zvakaipa kuti Machinda nokumbira, vatongi vanovinga mubayiro; mukuru anotaura ruchiva rwuri mumwoyo make; vanozviruka pamwe chere saizvozvo.
3That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
4Akanaka kupfuura vose akaita sorukato, akarurama kupfuura vose anopfuura ruzhowa rwemhinzwa; zuva renharirire dzenyu rasvika, iro zuva rokurohwa kwenyu, zvino kukanganiswa kwavo kuchavapo.
4The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.
5Regai kuvimba nowamunogara naye, regai kutenda shamwari, rega kutaura zviri mumwoyo wako kumukadzi avete pachipfuva chako.
5Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
6nekuti mwanakomana anozvidza baba, mwanasikana anomukira mai vake, nomukadzi womwana vamwene vake; vavengi vomunhu ndivo vanhu veimba yake.
6For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.
7Asi kana ndirini ndichatarira kuna Jehovha, ndichamirira Mwari woruponeso rwangu; Mwari wangu uchandinzwa.
7Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
8Usafara pamusoro pangu iwe muvengi wangu; kana ndikawira pasi, ndichasimukazve; kana ndigere murima, Jehovha achava chiedza changu.
8Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.
9Ndichatakura kutsamwa kwaJehovha, nekuti ndakamutadzira, kusvikira achindireverera mhosva yangu, nokundiruramisira mhaka yangu; uchandibudisira kuchiedza, ndichaona kururama kwake.
9I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
10Ipapo muvengi wangu achazviona, kunyara kuchafukidza iye anoti kwandiri, Jehovha Mwari wako aripiko? Meso angu achamuona; zvino achatsikirwa pasi samatope ari panzira dzomumusha.
10Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
11Zuva rokuvaka masvingo enyu richasvika, nezuva iro miganho ichatarwa nokure.
11In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed.
12Nezuva iro vachauya kwamuri, vachibva Asiria nokumaguta eEgipita, nokunyika inobva Egipita ichisvikira kuRwizi, nokubva kune rimwe gungwa, kusvikira kune rimwe gungwa, nokubva kune rimwe gomo kusvikira kune rimwe gomo.
12In that day also he shall come even to thee from Assyria, and from the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.
13Kunyange zvakadaro nyika ichava dongo, nemhaka yavageremo, nemhaka yezvibereko zvamabasa avo.
13Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.
14Fudzai vanhu venyu netsvimbo yenyu, iwo makwai ari nhaka yenyu, anogara ari oga mudondo pakati peKarimeri; ngaachere paBhashani neGiriyadhi, sapamazuva akare.
14Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
15Ndichavaratidza zvinhu zvinoshamisa sapamazuva okubuda kwenyu munyika yeEgipita.
15According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous things.
16Marudzi avanhu achazviona akanyara pamusoro pesimba ravo rose; vachafumbatira miromo yavo namaoko avo, nzeve dzavo hadzinganzwi.
16The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
17Vachananzva guruva senyoka., vachabuda panzvimbo dzavo dzokuvanda vachidedera sezvinokambaira zvenyika; vachauya kuna Jehovha Mwari wedu vachitya, vachakutyai.
17They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of thee.
18Ndianiko Mwari akafanana nemi, anokangamwira zvakaipa, anopfuura kudarika kwavakasara venhaka yake? Haangagari akatsamwa nokusingaperi, nekuti anofarira kuva nenyasha.
18Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
19Achatinzwira tsitsizve, achatsikira zvakaipa zvedu pasi petsoka dzake; muchakandira zvivi zvavo zvose mukudzika kwegungwa.
19He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
20muchaitira Jakove zvokwadi yenyu, naAbhurahamu nyasha dzenyu, idzo dzamakapikira madzibaba edu kubva pamazuva akare.
20Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.